Golf: Ben Crane keeps lead at weather-delayed St. Jude Classic

Ben Crane has waited so long to contend for another PGA Tour title that being patient through weather delays is no problem at all.

Staying atop the leader board into the third round helps.

Crane went more than 28 hours between competitive shots due to weather delays, and he was at 13 under with a four-stroke lead through six holes Saturday when another storm stopped play again at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee.

"What an opportunity I have," Crane said. "Certainly at the beginning of the week I never thought I would have been here, so I'll just try to go home relax, get some food in me and sleep as fast as I can because we got to come back out at 7 a.m. and restart tomorrow."

Troy Merritt, a group ahead of Crane, was at 9 under, with playing partner Peter Malnati at 8 under. Billy Horschel, Retief Goosen and Camilo Villegas were 7 under on their front nines.

Phil Mickelson, who hasn't won in 19 straight events dating to the British Open, had pars on each of his first nine holes and was at 5 under. He's one of many players using the event to tune up for the U.S. Open next week at Pinehurst.

Play stopped at 6:49 p.m. (Eastern time) with officials hoping to have the leaders tee off for the final round by 9:10 a.m. Sunday, if they can avoid a fog delay like the one that delayed the start of play for an hour Saturday morning.

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A storm Thursday forced 60 players to wrap up the first round Friday, and only 32 finished the second before two delays, the second for a thunderstorm that left water standing in fairways, bunkers and cart paths. The third round finally started at 3 p.m. with threesomes going off both tees. At least fans got to stick around all of Saturday afternoon after being sent home early the past two days.

LPGA: Shanshan Feng took a two-stroke lead in the LPGA Tour's Manulife Financial Classic, shooting a 4-under 67 in calm conditions at Grey Silo in Waterloo, Ontario.

The 24-year-old Chinese player had a 15-under 198 total. She eagled the par-5 fifth, had two birdies and dropped her first stroke of the week with a bogey on the par-4 16th.

Michelle Wie and second-ranked Inbee Park were tied for second. Wie had a 68 and Park shot 65. Cristie Kerr was 12 under after a 65, and third-ranked Lydia Ko and Anna Nordqvist were 11 under. The 17-year-old Ko had a 64, the best round of the day, and Nordqvist shot 69.

Champions Tour: Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen took the second-round lead in the Champions Tour's Legends of Golf, teaming for a 6-under 48 on the par-3 Top of the Rock course in Ridgedale, Missouri. Haas and Jacobsen played nine holes of alternate shot and nine of better ball at the first par-3 course used in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, after opening with a better-ball 62 on Friday on the regulation Buffalo Ridge layout. They had a 15-under 110 total. Jeff Sluman and Fred Funk were second after a 50 on the par-3 course, the site of the final round Sunday.

Millard disqualified from U.S. Open: Jason Millard was disqualified from the U.S. Open after reporting a self-imposed penalty for grounding his club in a bunker in sectional qualifying. Millard, a former Middle Tennessee State player who qualified in Memphis with two rounds of 68, was playing his third shot on the 18th hole on Colonial Country Club's North Course -- his 27th hole of the day -- when the penalty occurred.

Curtis Cup: UCLA's Alison Lee helped the United States move within 1﻿1/2 points of regaining the Curtis Cup, winning two matches at rainy St. Louis Country Club. Stanford's Mariah Stackhouse and partner Ally McDonald of the United States led their match 1 up when it was halted because of darkness.